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Consortium for Systemic Risk Analytics Joins MIT Research Organizations

Visiting Scholar Xun Wu, a PhD student at Tsinghua University, is in residence at the CFP for the 2014-15 academic year to pursue his dissertation research on “Chinese Local Government Indebtedness: Systemic Risk and Financial Cost.”

The Golub Center for Finance and Policy (GCFP) at the MIT Sloan School of Management is pleased to announce the appointment of Chester Spatt as a Distinguished Senior Fellow to lead the Center’s research on regulation of financial markets and institutions. In addition to playing a substantial role i...

Chester Spatt was interviewed by Kenneth Durr of the Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society last year about his time at the Commission as Chief Economist. A transcript of the interview can be found here; audio of the conversation is below.

The CFP is pleased to announce the addition of two new and distinguished members, Ms. Carla F. Avila and Dr. Sung Hwan Shin, to its Advisory Board. The CFP Advisory Board convenes annually at MIT, and provides essential oversight, guidance and support to the Center and its mission.

Economists view a carbon tax as an effective solution to lower emissions, yet the US has not implemented one. Has the time come? Jeff Meli and MIT Professor Deborah J. Lucas discuss on The Flip Side Podcast Episode 39: Is the US ready for a carbon tax?

On October 20, former Inter-American Development Bank Treasurer Søren Elbech visited the Golub Center for Finance and Policy for a lunchtime discussion with students and faculty. Drawing on his experience in capital markets...

The MIT Sloan Financial Market and Policy Club is a new student organization dedicated to promoting the idea of “Finance for Social Good.”

CFP welcomes Professor Jonathan A. Parker as its newest co-director. Parker will join the Center’s leadership team, where he will help set the direction for the CFP’s research and educational initiatives.

MIT GCFP - The Flip Side Podcast, Episode 29